Sanskrit verses with English translation from Maharishi Parasara. Read the full classical treatise on AstroFusion Learning.
होरालग्नं गटीकं च भावलग्नं च वैदिकम् । त्रिधा लग्नं प्रवक्ष्यामि फलदं जन्मसंज्ञकम् ॥
horālagnaṃ gaṭīkaṃ ca bhāvalagnaṃ ca vaidikam | tridhā lagnaṃ pravakṣyāmi phaladaṃ janmasaṃjñakam ||
I shall now explain the three kinds of Lagna — Hora Lagna, Ghatika Lagna and Bhava Lagna — all declared in the Vedas and giving results for the native.
सूर्योदयं समारभ्य घटिकानां तु पञ्चकम् । प्रयाति जन्मपर्यन्तं भावलग्नं तदेव हि ॥ २॥
sūryodayaṃ samārabhya ghaṭikānāṃ tu pañcakam | prayāti janmaparyantaṃ bhāvalagnaṃ tad eva hi || 2||
Beginning from sunrise and moving through successive sets of five ghatis up to the moment of birth — that is the Bhava Lagna.
इष्टं घट्यादिकं भक्त्वा पञ्चभिर्भादिकं फलम् । योज्यमौदयिके सूर्ये भावलग्नं स्फुटं च तत् ॥ ३॥
iṣṭaṃ ghaṭyādikaṃ bhaktvā pañcabhir bhādikaṃ phalam | yojyam audayike sūrye bhāvalagnaṃ sphuṭaṃ ca tat || 3||
Divide the elapsed ghatis etc. at birth by five; add the resulting signs etc. to the longitude of the rising (udaya) Sun — that precisely is the sphuta Bhava Lagna.
तथा सार्धद्विघटिकामितादर्कोदयाद् द्विज । प्रयाति लग्नं तन्नाम होरालग्नं प्रचक्षते ॥ ४॥
tathā sārdhadvighaṭikāmitād arkodayād dvija | prayāti lagnaṃ tan nāma horālagnaṃ pracakṣate || 4||
Similarly, that lagna which moves from sunrise through measures of two-and-a-half ghatis, O Brahmin, is named Hora Lagna.
एकैकघटिकामानात् लग्नं यद्याति भादिकम् । तदेव घटिकालग्नं कथितं नारदादिभिः ॥ ७॥
ekaikaghaṭikāmānāt lagnaṃ yadyāti bhādikam | tad eva ghaṭikālagnaṃ kathitaṃ nāradādibhiḥ || 7||
That lagna which advances by one single ghati measures at a time — the same has been taught as Ghatika Lagna by Narada and other sages.
क्रमादेषां च लग्नानां भावकोष्ठं पृथक् लिखेत् । ये ग्रहा यत्र भान्ति ते स्थाप्या राशिलग्नवत् ॥ ९॥
kramād eṣāṃ ca lagnānāṃ bhāvakoṣṭhaṃ pṛthak likhet | ye grahā yatra bhānti te sthāpyā rāśilagnavat || 9||
For each of these lagnas one should separately write down their house divisions; whatever planets occupy places there should be installed just as with the rashi lagna.